• Cartoon: "Thadeus & Weez-Conspiracy Theory Alert" by Charles Pugsley Fincher (186)
  
  
• Overview of the Governorship (187)
  • Reconstruction Influence (187)
    • Figure 7.1 The Texas Executive Structure (188)
  • Gubernatorial Politics (189)
  • Comparative Profiles (189)
    • Style (190)
    • Power ranking (191)
  • Election (191)
  • Compensation (191)
    • Table 7.1 Governors of Texas Since 1874 (192)
  • Succession (193)
  • Removal from Office (193)
  • Staff (194)
  
  
• Powers of the Governor (195)
  • Executive Powers (195)
    • Appointive power (195)
    • Removal power (197)
    • Military power (197)
    • Law enforcement power (197)
    • Budgetary power (198)
  • Legislative Powers (198)
    • Message power (198)
    • Veto power (199)
    • Calling special sessions (199)
  • Judicial Powers (199)
    • Appointment and removal of judges and justices (200)
    • Acts of executive clemency (200)
  • Informal Powers (200)
    • Photo: Governor George W. Bush greets Senator Carlos Truan (201)
  
  
• The Plural Executive (201)
  • Lieutenant Governor (202)
  • Attorney General (202)
  • Commissioner of the General Land Office (203)
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  • Comptroller of Public Accounts (204)
  • Secretary of State (205)
  
  
• The Bureaucracy (205)
  • Size (205)
  • Customer Service (206)
  
  
• Education (207)
  • Public Schools (207)
    • Texas Education Agency (207)
    • State Board of Education (208)
  • Colleges and Universities (208)
    • Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (209)
    • Boards of Regents (209)
    • Policy issues (208)
  
  
• Social Services (210)
  • Human Services (210)
  • Health (211)
  • Mental Health and Mental Retardation (212)
  • Employment (212)
  
  
• Economic Policies (212)
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    • Oil and gas (213)
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    • Insurance (214)
  • Business Promotion (214)
    • Highways (214)
    • Tourism and trade (215)
    • Certification of trades and professions (215)
  
  
• Environmental Issues (215)
  • Air and Water (216)
  • Hazardous Waste (217)
  
  
• Too Many Agencies? (218)
  
  
• Looking Ahead (219)
  
  
• Notes (219)
  
  
• Key Terms and Concepts (221)
  
  
• Selected Reading: "New Player Tackles Job of Selling Texas" by Bruce Hight (222)
  • Troubled History (222)
  • Political Background (223)
  • Beyond the Border (224)